Tesla’s Surprise Unveiling Reveals Fastest Production Car Ever

While all EV enthusiast and investor eyes were focused on Tesla’s Semi-truck unveiling last night, the EV maker shocked the crowed with a bonus at the end of the ceremony, presenting the new Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk says “will be the fastest production car ever made, period.” The Tesla Roadster sports car will be capable of accelerating 0-60 mph in 1.9 seconds, the first time a car has broken below the 2-second mark, Musk told the crowd at the event. The 0-100 mph acceleration is also a record—4.2 seconds achieved with…

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When Elon Musk stepped on stage at Tesla’s product-launch event earlier this month, he knew the market’s confidence in Tesla’s brand had sunk to an all-time low since he took over the company a decade ago. So, he resorted to a tactic that should be familiar to anybody who has been following the company: Shock and awe.

Matthew DeBord/Business InsiderTesla is poised to have a very big 2017.
Apart from the carmaker's surging $50-billion market capitalization, which on the back of a $300-plus-share price has vaulted the company's valuation above Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Ford, Tesla aims to launch its mass-market Model 3 in the next few months.

Elon Musk knows how to make promises. Even by his own standards, the promises made last week while introducing two new Tesla vehicles — the heavy-duty Semi Truck and the speedy Roadster — are monuments of envelope pushing. To deliver, according to close observers of battery technology, Tesla would have to far exceed what is currently thought possible.

HAWTHORNE, Calif. — Tesla Inc upstaged its own debut of an electric heavy duty truck when a red Roadster pulled out of the big rig’s trailer and Chief Executive Elon Musk said the new US$200,000 sports car would be the fastest production car ever.

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The Model S is one of the fastest cars out there, but it won't be Tesla's fastest for too long.
CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that Tesla's next-generation Roadster would beat the Model S when it came to speed. But he added that we shouldn't expect another Roadster for a few more years.

At the end of Tesla's semi-truck event, Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's brand new convertible. Musk said the new Tesla Roadster will be the "fastest production car ever made, period." The prototype has reportedly traveled faster than 250 mph. The car seats four and will have a 620-mile highway range, and that's just the base model. Musk said the Roadster is expected to be available in 2020.

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is adamant on proving to the world that an electric vehicle (EV) can outperform its traditional counterparts.
The super-fast 85D that covers 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds, which has acquired the accolade of the fastest four-door production sedan on the planet, isn’t quite enough for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk.

REUTERS/Beck DiefenbachTesla's big party for the Model 3 kicks off on Friday.
The electric automaker will reveal the production version of its long-awaited sedan to the first 30 customers who ordered one at a handover party. Tesla will then kick Model 3 production into high gear with the goal of producing 1,500 sedans in September and 20,000 cars in December.